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Page 43
... once more her " various language " : " All at once / A fresher wind sweeps by , and breaks my dream , / And I am in the wilderness alone . " 2 With this radical reversal in mood , the poem closes , leaving the reader suspended between ...
... once more her " various language " : " All at once / A fresher wind sweeps by , and breaks my dream , / And I am in the wilderness alone . " 2 With this radical reversal in mood , the poem closes , leaving the reader suspended between ...
Page 83
... once more as the poet- reflecting upon his wife , his youngest child , and the other loved ones who have died - sees their faces above him " In the far blue deeps of air " : " And I stretch my arms with transport / From where I stand ...
... once more as the poet- reflecting upon his wife , his youngest child , and the other loved ones who have died - sees their faces above him " In the far blue deeps of air " : " And I stretch my arms with transport / From where I stand ...
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... once been calls to the standard , had to be translated into a social philosophy of reform rather than of revolution , one of creative thought rather than of violent action . Thus , in a sense , what " Nature " and " The Amer- ican ...
... once been calls to the standard , had to be translated into a social philosophy of reform rather than of revolution , one of creative thought rather than of violent action . Thus , in a sense , what " Nature " and " The Amer- ican ...
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